Underplayed Gems

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (1937)

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons poster
Original title
Walt Disney's Academy Award Revue
Directed by
Wilfred Jackson, David Hand, Burt Gillett
Genre
comedy film, compilation film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
41 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a collection of five Oscar-winning Silly Symphony cartoons from Disney, tied together with title cards and a narrator. It was made to promote the upcoming release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

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What happens

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons is an American animated package film released in the United States on May 19, 1937, for a limited time to help promote the upcoming release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was a collection of five Oscar-winning Silly Symphonies shorts, bridged together with title cards and a narrator. Like The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, each of the cartoons had been released on their own at first before being collected together as one film. The separate cartoon shorts are now available on DVD. In addition, the film is 41 minutes long, just like Saludos Amigos. However, while this film is fully animated, Saludos Amigos would be far shorter without the live-action sequences. It is considered the first feature-length film in the Walt Disney Pictures filmography. Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons was re-released and updated with additional four shorts in 1966 with no narration. Both versions of the film were released in Japan on LaserDisc on June 21, 1985. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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